Archive for April, 2010
This seems to be a slow move, with things not getting set up as quickly as usual. Mind you, I’ve never moved with children before, either. Nothing is even unpacked in the kitchen yet, but I wad able to find some plastic glasses to use as cereal bowls for breakfast (no sign of any spoons [ READ MORE ]
We are into the last little push of getting things done before we move in next Monday. Bathroom fixtures are all in place (just waiting on the mirrors, which should be installed tomorrow), the kitchen appliances are being installed (with temporary countertops and a small kitchen sink have being put into place until the real [ READ MORE ]
With things being so close to being done at the house, I am coming up at roadblock after roadblock this week it seems. It’s frustrating and disheartening when I am aching to be in my own space after so much time elsewhere… it will be so very nice to feel settled again (not to mention [ READ MORE ]
The passage doors have all been hung in the house, and while I did decide to keep and paint out the original hollow-core mahogany doors in the interest of saving some money, I’m quite pleased with how they look and I do quite like the egg-shaped doorknobs I picked out. The new five-panel shaker door [ READ MORE ]
It’s incredible how the little details coming into place are really making the house look wonderful. I’m almost at the point where I don’t want to go there anymore, since it feels so close to being done that I can hardly stand it – but I will, since I know it will be just what [ READ MORE ]
We’ve hit a minor glitch – for some reason too much cork and not enough hardwood was delivered with the shipment. So the last two feet in front of the living room window is waiting to be finished when the remaining hardwood arrives next week[ READ MORE ]
Flooring work continues, and that seems to be the only thing going on at the house today, with the painter staying out of their way for the day[ READ MORE ]
I’d had a call around lunch today from one of the guys at the house letting me know that the hardwood was almost done in the girls’ bedrooms already, so when I got to the house this afternoon, I couldn’t even wait long enough to get into the house to see it; I had to [ READ MORE ]
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The tilers weren’t at the house today, so I presume they’ll be back tomorrow to do the bathroom floors and tub surround. Painting is coming along nicely (the painter had a good chuckle when Izzy walked into her bedroom and proclaimed it “so beautiful”). Lulu’s room is now painted in lovely yellow and green tones [ READ MORE ]
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